Question

二、完形填空 （10%）

Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Daniel. He was born normal (正常) in every other way,_____ seemed to be dumb (哑的). Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to _____, but with no success.

When Daniel was six years old, the best doctors in the town examined (检查) him _____, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he _____ spoke.

“There might be something wrong with his _____, and he doesn’t know he’s able to speak,” one doctor said.

“But he can read and write,” said Mr. Green, “We’ve written him notes, telling him to speak some day.”

“It’s certainly very _____,” another doctor said. “Perhaps he will be able to speak some day.”

_____ passed. Daniel went to university. But he didn’t speak a single word.

Then one day Daniel was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his _____ and said, “Pass me the salt, please.”

Mr and Mrs Green were excited. “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “Why have you _____ so long to speak?”

“I didn’t have anything to say,” he said. “Until now everything was ______. But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes.”

1.A. because    B. when    C. but    D. before

2.A. speak    B. walk    C. play    D. laugh

3.A. angrily    B. slowly    C. carefully    D. quickly

4.A. never    B. often    C. usually    D. always

5.A. back    B. hair    C. face    D. mind

6.A. exciting    B. strange    C. noisy    D. quiet

7.A. Hours    B. Weeks    C. Months    D. Years

8.A. chair    B. meal    C. hands    D. books

9.A. slept    B. walked    C. missed    D. waited

10.A. wrong    B. easy    C. perfect    D. new

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

【解析】试题分析：本文主要讲述一个男孩，他的父母照顾的非常周到，不给他说话的机会。他的父母以为他是哑巴，到处求医，也没检查出问题。知道上大学时，他的妈妈做饭忘了放盐，他才开口说话。

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10. 25 . But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes.”理解结合选项可知选C。

考点：考查故事类阅读。